Poll body eases voter list rules in Bihar, documents can be submitted later
Additionally, the Election Commission has clarified that voters who were already included in the voter list as of January 1, 2003, are not required to submit documents along with the form.This action comes against the backdrop of the central body's special intensive revision of the electoral rolls, which requires nearly 2.93 crore voters born after 1987 in Bihar to provide documents verifying not only their own date and place of birth, but also those of their parents. The decision has drawn flak from several opposition parties.The central poll body had made submitting one of the 11 listed documents mandatory for those whose names were not listed in the 2003 electoral rolls.Among the 11 documents are birth certificates, caste certificates, forest rights certificates, and pension payment orders for government employees. However, the Aadhaar card is not included in the list of 11 documents.As per the central poll body's advertisement, the last date for submitting the enumeration form is July 26, before the final voter list is published on September 30.- Ends
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